SimonT - 1/35 Zvezda Stug.IIIB - Bobs StugGB

[Guest]

Wow !

[SteveH]

Lovely work Simon

I have only just noticed your Eduard set if for the Tamiya, I did wonder as yours is brass and my set is grey coated and there does seem to be a range of different pieces.

I will have to think about putting some cable ties on the front light cables, they do look good.

I did find some references without the ties, but they could be wreaks and they had been torn/blown off?

We had several flooded roads here in Bradford but not as bad as they predicted.

Nearly finished the upgrade?

Regards

Steve H

[SimonT]

Thanks John

Thanks Steve - the Tamiya etch was the only one I found at the time. In theory a B should be a B regardless of kit manufacturer and the Tamiya kit is one of their newer ones so I was fairly sure it would fit
(can’t say the same for etch designed for the old inaccurate motorised Tamiya kits - I found that the set for the old Tamiya Stug IV has had parts fudged to make them fit the inaccurate kit parts)

Side lights, horn and jack still to go then the tracks......

Just remembered the track guard end flaps as well - left them off so they didn’t get knocked off

[Guest]

Oh my!

[Jim R]

Hi Simon
Your sister had a lucky escape. The worst is over I hope.
Cables look superb. I can appreciate why you chose wire rather than thread. As usual your detailing is superb.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Thrice wow!! Lovely work as always Simon. A joy to watch

[Steven000]

Lovely detail Simon :thumb2:

[BattleshipBob]

Superb Simon

Looks fantastic, excellent detail!!!!

[SimonT]

Morning all,

decided to pick this one up again as the end of the GB looms ever closer

Can't really remember what I was doing so will need to catch up on my own build

Decided to do the tracks as they take time and will need doing so spent most of Sunday cleaning track links

These Masterclub links proved to be nicely cast with most just needing a quick swipe with an emery board on each side to remove some small moulding nibs

The track pin holes usually need drilling out but in all the ones I checked they were fine so I chose not to check them all

At the end of the day I had one side (110) cleaned up and about two thirds of the second set


so I mixed up a 50:50 solution of this stuff and water then dunked the first 110 links


good stuff - turned the milk chocolatey just like coco-pops :thumb2:

I wonder if there will be anything left by tonight............:thinking:

[SimonT]

managed to get a few minutes to flush the track links out

a lot of debris in the fluid but at least there are still some links

flushed through with soapy water and now air drying

will try clean up the remaining links tonight

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work as always Simon, coming on a treat!

[Guest]

Simon.
When you said "dunked " I read drank !
Mind these days nothing would surprise me.
When I last did treatment like that I managed to do several sets of Friuls in the mixture.
Washed then off later and put then back into their packets.
Don't know what the liquid is but regardless of who's selling it all looks that blue .

[Steve Jones]

A fine set of links Mr T.

[SimonT]

Thanks Bob - getting there

John - no, don't think drinking it would be a good idea. I have re-used my solution to do the remaining links

Ta Steve - as they dry out they turn a much paler brown colour, more like the various track primer paints


assembled four links last night - took me half an hour!

At that rate it will take me around twelve hours to assemble enough links for one side :surprised:

[minitnkr]

Very cool winter extensions. PaulE